Local Sports

It only took 24.2 seconds in total for a Barrhead native to etch his name into the record book. On Saturday, June 13, Kolton Schmidt, along with his partner Sawyer Barham, defeated their closest rivals by a total of 1.

The Barrhead Peewee Flyers held off their closest rivals, the Westlock Warriors, in the dying seconds of a home game to hold on to a 4 to 3 victory, on Saturday, Jan. 2.

So far the 2015/16 Bobsleigh World Cup season has been very good for Melissa Lotholz.

Local bobsleigh athlete, Melissa Lotholz, talks to the Barrhead Leader after winning a bronze medal as part of Kaillie Humphries two-person bobsleigh team in an event in Altenburg, Germany.

Despite a sluggish first period Westlock’s Pee Wee Warriors 1 registered a decisive 5-2 victory over Wetaskiwin on Saturday, Dec. 19 in Tier 2 1660 Hockey league action.

With only two full-time defencemen, the Westlock Midget Warriors fell 5-4 to the Leduc Roughnecks on Saturday, Dec. 19 in Tier 4 1660 Hockey League action.

Only two weeks after being crowned Grey Cup champion Nov. 29 as a member of the Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Eskimos, Westlock’s Simeon Rottier came home. On Monday, Dec.

Westlock’s Senior Warriors fell 6-2 at the hands of the Morinville Kings on Saturday, Dec. 19. It was the team’s third-straight loss and keeps them in the cellar of the North Central Hockey league North Division with a 4-8-0 record.

The score didn’t reflect it, but the Athabasca Midget Hawks were dominate against the Strathcona Warriors on Dec. 18 out-shooting them 45-7 in a close 2-1 victory.

It was a close game at the Agrena on Dec. 19, during an exhibition game between the Barrhead Atom 1 Hawks and Westlock’s visiting Warriors.